Meteorite that landed on Earth 200 years ago upends previous theories of how Mars formed - Daily Mail


6/17/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Sam Tonkin

New analysis by the University of California, Davis suggests that the interior chemical make-up of Mars largely came from meteorite collisions, rather than from a giant cloud of gas as previously thought.

A meteorite that hit Earth more than 200 years ago could fundamentally change our understanding of how Mars was formed. Most of what we know about the Red Planet's interior comes from three space ro… [+5912 chars]

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